My system crashed last week; a years ago this would have been a nightmare for me. Not this time. The last time this happened to me, it took me weeks to get everything back to normal. Even then I still lost a lot of work.
It only took me a few hours to recover from this would have been nightmare. Let me share with you how I did it.
Browser: I use FireFox, the best browser there ever was. There are several ways to backup your FireFox data. Here what I use:
Google sync – It’s a new tool from Google. Basically it’s meant to be used for users who use FireFox on more than one computer. It backs up your favorites, cookies, usernames & password pairs, and your history on their servers. Every time you load FireFox it reloads all that data for you.
JavaScript Password Hack: I found this little script about a year ago. It will export all your passwords for you. The only reason I use this is because Google Sync will not save any passwords used on a secure server. (https://). PS right click here and save file as to your desktop. Then open the file from your desktop.
External Hard Drive: I have a number if external hard drives. I mainly use these for movies and music. But I also have Window copy my entire user directory to one of them every night.
Network File Server: I have an Ubuntu file server on my network. I double all my backups here too. You can’t trust just one external hard drive; they do fail at some point.
As far as programs go I have a big Ziploc bag that I keep all the software that I have on cd. I don’t have to rummage around the entire house to find all those cds.
The software I need to download I have bookmarked in a tabs folder, within FireFox.
I’m sure you use different ways to protect yourself from data loss. I have listed just what I use myself. I would love to here how you do it.